Sardinia’s ancient masked rite of mamuthones and issohadores – in pictures

Sardinia’s ancient masked rite of mamuthones and issohadores – in pictures

From mid-January until the end of carnival, mamuthones and issohadores take to the streets of Mamoiada, in the mountainous heartland of Sardinia. This is a time when herders and farmers across the Mediterranean turn to the power of masks to cast off winter and foster the coming of spring Continue reading...

By All photographs by Christian Sinibaldi